~ been built. 
the well is forced through a 14-inch pipe 
to the standpipe. A Premier Meter 
(Venture tube system) is used to measure 
all the water pumped, this being an im- 
provement over the method employed at 
the old station, where the water pumped 
was computed by the number of revolu- 
tions, etc. This also serves as a check 
on the pump incase of anytrouble. An 
automatic check valve stops the water 
from forcing its way back to the pumps 
after the engine is stopped. 
‘The main floor of the station is reached 
by ascending 17 concrete steps. All the 
floors of the building are of concrete; all 
the openings over the pipes will be grated. 
The engine room is 36 by 37 ft. The 
producer room is 16. by 32; office, 12 
by 16; hitching shed, 12 by 16; coal 
room, 21 by 16; work shop, 12 by 16. 
An analysis of the water at Gravel Pond 
shows it to be up to the standard in every 
respect. It is intended to use this new 
supply merely as an addition, not as the 
sole supply. The Gravel Pond water 
will be mixed with the old supply, and 
will be used, probably, only in summer. 
In connection with the new supply 
a high service system has also been in- 
stalied. A new concrete standpipe has 
This is located on Moses 
Hill and stands 72 feet high from the 
bottom to the platform around the top. 
Inside it is 70 feet deep and the inside 
diameter is 50 feet. A roof, of the 
Guastivino patent, is over the top of the 
reservoir. 
Some 100 tons. of steel was used in 
the construction of the standpipe. All 
the steel was tested before using. The 
thickness of the standpipe is 20 inches at 
the bottom, tapering to 12 inches at the 
top, being plumb on the inside, and tap- 
ering on the outsidé. Ladders have 
been constructed both on the outside and 
inside of the pipe. ‘The bottom of the 
standpipe is 207 feet above mean low 
water, and eight feet higher than the 
’ high water line of the old standpipe. Its 
capacity isa little over a million gallons. 
One pump at the new station could fill it 
in 24 hours. 
With the old and new standpipes in 
use the storage capacity will be 35 million 
gallons. The water enters the new 
standpipe through a 16 inca force main. 
The new service will give a pressure 
of about 110 lbs., whereas under the old 
system it was 75. ‘This is not an extra- 
ordinary high pressure; in Wellesley it 
is 125 pounds through a part of the town. 
The new standpipe is lined inside 
throughout with cement cand a water- 
proofing compound. A “‘telo-meter’ 
is to be installed on the structure to show 
the height of the water at all times. A 
telephone is to be installed at the new 
station, also. 
It is likely that the new service will be 
put into regular use within the next ten 
days. ‘The water has been pumped into 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
the old standpipe for the past fortnight 
and has been mixed with the water from 
the springs at the old station. The next 
step is to close down the old station and 
install the up-to-date gas producing en- 
gines, etc., there as at the new plant, 
then Manchester’s plant in its entirety 
will be on a par with any in the country 
for a town of this size. 
Supt. Francis M. Andrews, who has 
been in charge of the water plant since 
its inception here some eighteen years 
ago, will have charge of this new station 
and plant. W. W. Soulis will be the 
engineer at the new station and Archie 
Greenough will continue in this capacity 
at the old station. 
The new building was constructed by 
George S. Sinnicks at a cost of $11,000. 
Smith Gas Power Co., of Lexington, 
-O., provided the gas producers. ‘The 
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National Meter,Co., of New York, fur- 
nished the gas engines, and the Goulds’ 
Manufacturing Co. of Seneca Falls, N. 
Y., the vertical triplex pumps. 
The entire work has been carried on 
under the supervision of Raymond C. 
Allen, engineer. 
On the standpipe has been placed a 
bronze tablet bearing this inscription: 
Erected 1909. 
Fred J. Merrill, 
Jeffrey T. Stanley, 
James Hoare, 
Water Commissioners. 
Allen, Engineer. 
Simpson Bros. Corp., Contractors. 
The item of coal in this new plant it is 
expected will show a big saving for the 
town. It is estimated that the new plant 
will be run at a saving of almost fifty per 
cent. of the cost of doing the same work 
with the old plant. - 
The undersigned would be pleased to give you full 
particulars and references on the 
Babcock 
Electric 
Address BABCOCK cAGENCY 
P.O} ‘Box: 302 
Manchester, Mass. 
Daleny Safe leposil 
and ‘|’rust Go. 
SALEM, MASS. 
Capita! $200,000 
OFFICERS 
GEORGE C. VAUGHN, Pres. 
CHARLES SANDERS, Vice Pres. 
WILLIAM H. GOVE, Vice Pres. — 
WILLIAM S. NICHOLS, ‘Treas. 
H. M. WILKINS, Asst. Treas. 
DIRECTORS 
George C. Vaughn, Salem, Mass. 
Charles Sanders, Salem, Mass. 
William H. Gove, Salem, 
William S. Nichols, Salem, Mass. 
FE. Kendall Jenkins, Andover. Mass. 
J. H. Linehan, Pride’s Crossing, Mass. 
Forrest L. Evans, Salem, Mass. 
William E. Bixby, Haverhill, Mass. 
Melville Woodbury, Beverly, Mass. 
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